Jeanice Rose Fox Janes left this earth on January 16, 2017 after a sudden and unexpected illness and passed into the glory of eternal life. Because of her death, the world will be a poorer place.
Born in Mitchell County Iowa to Casper and Bertha (Kehoe) Fox, Jeanice grew up farming, helping her family raise crops and livestock, participating in 4H and enjoying many family times with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins nearby.
Jeanice was a graduate of St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota and worked in nursing for 53 years. In nursing school, she received the Edith Mayo Award for kindness to patients, the highest award for nursing graduates. She has touched countless lives through her profession.
After graduating from nursing school, Jeanice became the school nurse at Clarke College (now Clarke University) in Dubuque, Iowa and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Combining her nursing training and sociology degree, Jeanice was a social worker for Catholic Charities and the Catholic Welfare Bureau. During her college years, she met a “tall, handsome” man on St. Patrick’s Day 1956 and was instantly in love. Donald K. Janes and Jeanice began a two year long-distance courtship, with lots of letters written between them. Don and Jeanice married on April 12, 1958 and began their married life in Freeport, Illinois.
Their children, Kathryn Ann, Thomas Patrick, and Philip Allen were born in Freeport. In 1961, Don accepted a transfer with his company to Dallas, Texas. He moved on ahead to the new world of Texas while Jeanice packed up, sold their home, and moved with three kids to a new home in Richardson, sight unseen! Mark David was born in Dallas after they moved.
Jeanice worked as a nurse for a local pediatrician, and then when Mark entered high school, began work as an oncology nurse at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on 8 West. She worked in Radiation Oncology as the nurse coordinator, and then worked in the Women’s Diagnostic and Breast Cancer Center, where she was instrumental in designing and planning the facility. Jeanice was never ready to retire from the work she loved. She worked full-time as a nurse up until the day she became ill—in fact was leaving work for the day when she needed medical assistance. Her work, her patients and her co-workers were very important to her. After spending 40 years nursing at Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, many, many people were touched by her compassionate care and hold her in the highest esteem.
Jeanice volunteered at the American Cancer Society for years. She provided transportation for patients to treatments while raising four children and working. Jeanice was the chairperson of the American Cancer Society Breast Health Committee and created a project to educate minority women in Dallas on breast health. Providing this education in a culturally sensitive manner was very important to Jeanice. Women were encouraged to value their health and become active in caring for it. This award-winning original project has spread beyond Dallas and has received national recognition as an innovative method to teach women.
Jeanice received awards and recognition for her professional contributions and service, and was always modest in shining her own light. She received the 1987 Founders Award from the Dallas Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society for outstanding nursing care for cancer patients, and the American Cancer Society recognized her with the Sword of Hope Award, the Award for Visionary Leadership, and the Ruby Pin Award for public education. Jeanice was named a One-hundred Great Nurses of Dallas. She received the1994 Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Service Award from Clarke College for her work with minority women and breast health education, a recognition of which she was particularly proud.
Jeanice’s proudest accomplishments were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Kathryn and husband Jeff, her sons Thomas and wife Cheryl, Philip and wife Denise, and Mark and wife Tracy. Her grandchildren loved spending time with their grandparents, and there were many pool parties, family adventures, and Sunday lunches lovingly prepared by Jeanice. She loved to cook and always kept a cookie jar full of her special molasses cookies. Grandchildren surviving Jeanice are: Elizabeth Jinkins Woodard and husband Jim, William Jinkins, Merideth Janes Mims and husband J, Kaley Janes, Jordan Janes and wife Kelsey, Sarah Janes, Kyle Janes and wife Bethany, Faith Janes, Justus Janes, and Aidan Philpot. Grandchildren were an absolute delight, and great-grandchildren were an especially double delight. Great grands are: Henry Woodard, Barrett Janes, Hunter Janes, and Adaline Janes. Jeanice is survived by her sisters, Bertha Fox and Ellen Dunn.
Jeanice was preceded in death by her parents, Casper and Bertha Fox, her one love and most beloved husband of 49 years, Donald Janes, and her brothers Daniel and David Fox.
Jeanice and Don loved to travel and journeyed to places east and west once the children were grown. California became a favorite destination, and the New England states were visited several times. Even though Jeanice was afraid of deep water, Don booked a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean, and they were hooked! From then on, they cruised to wonderful exotic locales at least once a year. They went to the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, Europe, circumnavigated South America, and all over the Mediterranean. Family was always first with Don and Jeanice and they planned family cruises to the Caribbean and Alaska, where many fun and memorable times were enjoyed.
Jeanice’s family would like to extend a special thank you to the medical providers of Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas from the Emergency Department and ICU. Your knowledge and compassion eased this most difficult time. To the medical and nursing staff of Season’s Hospice at Presbyterian, thank you for your kindness and excellent care during the last steps of Jeanice’s journey.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson, TX on Saturday January 21,2017 at 10 AM with a reception to follow. Private graveside burial will be held at Restland Memorial Park. Jeanice’s favorite color was red, and if you would like to wear red to her service, be assured that would make her smile.
In lieu of flowers, Jeanice would be very proud if you made a donation to the American Cancer Society or the Texas Health Resources Foundation in her name, or certainly to a charity of your choice.
There are so many stories and remembrances of Jeanice, and her family does not know them all, but would like to! If you would like to share a special story or way she touched your life, please send an email to: [email protected]
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we love for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:7
Born in Mitchell County Iowa to Casper and Bertha (Kehoe) Fox, Jeanice grew up farming, helping her family raise crops and livestock, participating in 4H and enjoying many family times with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins nearby.
Jeanice was a graduate of St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota and worked in nursing for 53 years. In nursing school, she received the Edith Mayo Award for kindness to patients, the highest award for nursing graduates. She has touched countless lives through her profession.
After graduating from nursing school, Jeanice became the school nurse at Clarke College (now Clarke University) in Dubuque, Iowa and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Combining her nursing training and sociology degree, Jeanice was a social worker for Catholic Charities and the Catholic Welfare Bureau. During her college years, she met a “tall, handsome” man on St. Patrick’s Day 1956 and was instantly in love. Donald K. Janes and Jeanice began a two year long-distance courtship, with lots of letters written between them. Don and Jeanice married on April 12, 1958 and began their married life in Freeport, Illinois.
Their children, Kathryn Ann, Thomas Patrick, and Philip Allen were born in Freeport. In 1961, Don accepted a transfer with his company to Dallas, Texas. He moved on ahead to the new world of Texas while Jeanice packed up, sold their home, and moved with three kids to a new home in Richardson, sight unseen! Mark David was born in Dallas after they moved.
Jeanice worked as a nurse for a local pediatrician, and then when Mark entered high school, began work as an oncology nurse at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on 8 West. She worked in Radiation Oncology as the nurse coordinator, and then worked in the Women’s Diagnostic and Breast Cancer Center, where she was instrumental in designing and planning the facility. Jeanice was never ready to retire from the work she loved. She worked full-time as a nurse up until the day she became ill—in fact was leaving work for the day when she needed medical assistance. Her work, her patients and her co-workers were very important to her. After spending 40 years nursing at Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, many, many people were touched by her compassionate care and hold her in the highest esteem.
Jeanice volunteered at the American Cancer Society for years. She provided transportation for patients to treatments while raising four children and working. Jeanice was the chairperson of the American Cancer Society Breast Health Committee and created a project to educate minority women in Dallas on breast health. Providing this education in a culturally sensitive manner was very important to Jeanice. Women were encouraged to value their health and become active in caring for it. This award-winning original project has spread beyond Dallas and has received national recognition as an innovative method to teach women.
Jeanice received awards and recognition for her professional contributions and service, and was always modest in shining her own light. She received the 1987 Founders Award from the Dallas Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society for outstanding nursing care for cancer patients, and the American Cancer Society recognized her with the Sword of Hope Award, the Award for Visionary Leadership, and the Ruby Pin Award for public education. Jeanice was named a One-hundred Great Nurses of Dallas. She received the1994 Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Service Award from Clarke College for her work with minority women and breast health education, a recognition of which she was particularly proud.
Jeanice’s proudest accomplishments were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Kathryn and husband Jeff, her sons Thomas and wife Cheryl, Philip and wife Denise, and Mark and wife Tracy. Her grandchildren loved spending time with their grandparents, and there were many pool parties, family adventures, and Sunday lunches lovingly prepared by Jeanice. She loved to cook and always kept a cookie jar full of her special molasses cookies. Grandchildren surviving Jeanice are: Elizabeth Jinkins Woodard and husband Jim, William Jinkins, Merideth Janes Mims and husband J, Kaley Janes, Jordan Janes and wife Kelsey, Sarah Janes, Kyle Janes and wife Bethany, Faith Janes, Justus Janes, and Aidan Philpot. Grandchildren were an absolute delight, and great-grandchildren were an especially double delight. Great grands are: Henry Woodard, Barrett Janes, Hunter Janes, and Adaline Janes. Jeanice is survived by her sisters, Bertha Fox and Ellen Dunn.
Jeanice was preceded in death by her parents, Casper and Bertha Fox, her one love and most beloved husband of 49 years, Donald Janes, and her brothers Daniel and David Fox.
Jeanice and Don loved to travel and journeyed to places east and west once the children were grown. California became a favorite destination, and the New England states were visited several times. Even though Jeanice was afraid of deep water, Don booked a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean, and they were hooked! From then on, they cruised to wonderful exotic locales at least once a year. They went to the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, Europe, circumnavigated South America, and all over the Mediterranean. Family was always first with Don and Jeanice and they planned family cruises to the Caribbean and Alaska, where many fun and memorable times were enjoyed.
Jeanice’s family would like to extend a special thank you to the medical providers of Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas from the Emergency Department and ICU. Your knowledge and compassion eased this most difficult time. To the medical and nursing staff of Season’s Hospice at Presbyterian, thank you for your kindness and excellent care during the last steps of Jeanice’s journey.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson, TX on Saturday January 21,2017 at 10 AM with a reception to follow. Private graveside burial will be held at Restland Memorial Park. Jeanice’s favorite color was red, and if you would like to wear red to her service, be assured that would make her smile.
In lieu of flowers, Jeanice would be very proud if you made a donation to the American Cancer Society or the Texas Health Resources Foundation in her name, or certainly to a charity of your choice.
There are so many stories and remembrances of Jeanice, and her family does not know them all, but would like to! If you would like to share a special story or way she touched your life, please send an email to: [email protected]
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we love for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:7
Jeanice Rose Fox Janes left this earth on January 16, 2017 after a sudden and unexpected illness and passed into the glory of eternal life. Because of her death, the world will be a poorer place.
Born in Mitchell County Iowa to Casper and Bertha (Kehoe) Fox, Jeanice grew up farming, helping her family raise crops and livestock, participating in 4H and enjoying many family times with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins nearby.
Jeanice was a graduate of St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota and worked in nursing for 53 years. In nursing school, she received the Edith Mayo Award for kindness to patients, the highest award for nursing graduates. She has touched countless lives through her profession.
After graduating from nursing school, Jeanice became the school nurse at Clarke College (now Clarke University) in Dubuque, Iowa and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Combining her nursing training and sociology degree, Jeanice was a social worker for Catholic Charities and the Catholic Welfare Bureau. During her college years, she met a “tall, handsome” man on St. Patrick’s Day 1956 and was instantly in love. Donald K. Janes and Jeanice began a two year long-distance courtship, with lots of letters written between them. Don and Jeanice married on April 12, 1958 and began their married life in Freeport, Illinois.
Their children, Kathryn Ann, Thomas Patrick, and Philip Allen were born in Freeport. In 1961, Don accepted a transfer with his company to Dallas, Texas. He moved on ahead to the new world of Texas while Jeanice packed up, sold their home, and moved with three kids to a new home in Richardson, sight unseen! Mark David was born in Dallas after they moved.
Jeanice worked as a nurse for a local pediatrician, and then when Mark entered high school, began work as an oncology nurse at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on 8 West. She worked in Radiation Oncology as the nurse coordinator, and then worked in the Women’s Diagnostic and Breast Cancer Center, where she was instrumental in designing and planning the facility. Jeanice was never ready to retire from the work she loved. She worked full-time as a nurse up until the day she became ill—in fact was leaving work for the day when she needed medical assistance. Her work, her patients and her co-workers were very important to her. After spending 40 years nursing at Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, many, many people were touched by her compassionate care and hold her in the highest esteem.
Jeanice volunteered at the American Cancer Society for years. She provided transportation for patients to treatments while raising four children and working. Jeanice was the chairperson of the American Cancer Society Breast Health Committee and created a project to educate minority women in Dallas on breast health. Providing this education in a culturally sensitive manner was very important to Jeanice. Women were encouraged to value their health and become active in caring for it. This award-winning original project has spread beyond Dallas and has received national recognition as an innovative method to teach women.
Jeanice received awards and recognition for her professional contributions and service, and was always modest in shining her own light. She received the 1987 Founders Award from the Dallas Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society for outstanding nursing care for cancer patients, and the American Cancer Society recognized her with the Sword of Hope Award, the Award for Visionary Leadership, and the Ruby Pin Award for public education. Jeanice was named a One-hundred Great Nurses of Dallas. She received the1994 Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Service Award from Clarke College for her work with minority women and breast health education, a recognition of which she was particularly proud.
Jeanice’s proudest accomplishments were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Kathryn and husband Jeff, her sons Thomas and wife Cheryl, Philip and wife Denise, and Mark and wife Tracy. Her grandchildren loved spending time with their grandparents, and there were many pool parties, family adventures, and Sunday lunches lovingly prepared by Jeanice. She loved to cook and always kept a cookie jar full of her special molasses cookies. Grandchildren surviving Jeanice are: Elizabeth Jinkins Woodard and husband Jim, William Jinkins, Merideth Janes Mims and husband J, Kaley Janes, Jordan Janes and wife Kelsey, Sarah Janes, Kyle Janes and wife Bethany, Faith Janes, Justus Janes, and Aidan Philpot. Grandchildren were an absolute delight, and great-grandchildren were an especially double delight. Great grands are: Henry Woodard, Barrett Janes, Hunter Janes, and Adaline Janes. Jeanice is survived by her sisters, Bertha Fox and Ellen Dunn.
Jeanice was preceded in death by her parents, Casper and Bertha Fox, her one love and most beloved husband of 49 years, Donald Janes, and her brothers Daniel and David Fox.
Jeanice and Don loved to travel and journeyed to places east and west once the children were grown. California became a favorite destination, and the New England states were visited several times. Even though Jeanice was afraid of deep water, Don booked a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean, and they were hooked! From then on, they cruised to wonderful exotic locales at least once a year. They went to the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, Europe, circumnavigated South America, and all over the Mediterranean. Family was always first with Don and Jeanice and they planned family cruises to the Caribbean and Alaska, where many fun and memorable times were enjoyed.
Jeanice’s family would like to extend a special thank you to the medical providers of Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas from the Emergency Department and ICU. Your knowledge and compassion eased this most difficult time. To the medical and nursing staff of Season’s Hospice at Presbyterian, thank you for your kindness and excellent care during the last steps of Jeanice’s journey.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson, TX on Saturday January 21,2017 at 10 AM with a reception to follow. Private graveside burial will be held at Restland Memorial Park. Jeanice’s favorite color was red, and if you would like to wear red to her service, be assured that would make her smile.
In lieu of flowers, Jeanice would be very proud if you made a donation to the American Cancer Society or the Texas Health Resources Foundation in her name, or certainly to a charity of your choice.
There are so many stories and remembrances of Jeanice, and her family does not know them all, but would like to! If you would like to share a special story or way she touched your life, please send an email to: [email protected]
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we love for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:7
Born in Mitchell County Iowa to Casper and Bertha (Kehoe) Fox, Jeanice grew up farming, helping her family raise crops and livestock, participating in 4H and enjoying many family times with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins nearby.
Jeanice was a graduate of St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota and worked in nursing for 53 years. In nursing school, she received the Edith Mayo Award for kindness to patients, the highest award for nursing graduates. She has touched countless lives through her profession.
After graduating from nursing school, Jeanice became the school nurse at Clarke College (now Clarke University) in Dubuque, Iowa and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Combining her nursing training and sociology degree, Jeanice was a social worker for Catholic Charities and the Catholic Welfare Bureau. During her college years, she met a “tall, handsome” man on St. Patrick’s Day 1956 and was instantly in love. Donald K. Janes and Jeanice began a two year long-distance courtship, with lots of letters written between them. Don and Jeanice married on April 12, 1958 and began their married life in Freeport, Illinois.
Their children, Kathryn Ann, Thomas Patrick, and Philip Allen were born in Freeport. In 1961, Don accepted a transfer with his company to Dallas, Texas. He moved on ahead to the new world of Texas while Jeanice packed up, sold their home, and moved with three kids to a new home in Richardson, sight unseen! Mark David was born in Dallas after they moved.
Jeanice worked as a nurse for a local pediatrician, and then when Mark entered high school, began work as an oncology nurse at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on 8 West. She worked in Radiation Oncology as the nurse coordinator, and then worked in the Women’s Diagnostic and Breast Cancer Center, where she was instrumental in designing and planning the facility. Jeanice was never ready to retire from the work she loved. She worked full-time as a nurse up until the day she became ill—in fact was leaving work for the day when she needed medical assistance. Her work, her patients and her co-workers were very important to her. After spending 40 years nursing at Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, many, many people were touched by her compassionate care and hold her in the highest esteem.
Jeanice volunteered at the American Cancer Society for years. She provided transportation for patients to treatments while raising four children and working. Jeanice was the chairperson of the American Cancer Society Breast Health Committee and created a project to educate minority women in Dallas on breast health. Providing this education in a culturally sensitive manner was very important to Jeanice. Women were encouraged to value their health and become active in caring for it. This award-winning original project has spread beyond Dallas and has received national recognition as an innovative method to teach women.
Jeanice received awards and recognition for her professional contributions and service, and was always modest in shining her own light. She received the 1987 Founders Award from the Dallas Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society for outstanding nursing care for cancer patients, and the American Cancer Society recognized her with the Sword of Hope Award, the Award for Visionary Leadership, and the Ruby Pin Award for public education. Jeanice was named a One-hundred Great Nurses of Dallas. She received the1994 Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Service Award from Clarke College for her work with minority women and breast health education, a recognition of which she was particularly proud.
Jeanice’s proudest accomplishments were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Kathryn and husband Jeff, her sons Thomas and wife Cheryl, Philip and wife Denise, and Mark and wife Tracy. Her grandchildren loved spending time with their grandparents, and there were many pool parties, family adventures, and Sunday lunches lovingly prepared by Jeanice. She loved to cook and always kept a cookie jar full of her special molasses cookies. Grandchildren surviving Jeanice are: Elizabeth Jinkins Woodard and husband Jim, William Jinkins, Merideth Janes Mims and husband J, Kaley Janes, Jordan Janes and wife Kelsey, Sarah Janes, Kyle Janes and wife Bethany, Faith Janes, Justus Janes, and Aidan Philpot. Grandchildren were an absolute delight, and great-grandchildren were an especially double delight. Great grands are: Henry Woodard, Barrett Janes, Hunter Janes, and Adaline Janes. Jeanice is survived by her sisters, Bertha Fox and Ellen Dunn.
Jeanice was preceded in death by her parents, Casper and Bertha Fox, her one love and most beloved husband of 49 years, Donald Janes, and her brothers Daniel and David Fox.
Jeanice and Don loved to travel and journeyed to places east and west once the children were grown. California became a favorite destination, and the New England states were visited several times. Even though Jeanice was afraid of deep water, Don booked a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean, and they were hooked! From then on, they cruised to wonderful exotic locales at least once a year. They went to the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, Europe, circumnavigated South America, and all over the Mediterranean. Family was always first with Don and Jeanice and they planned family cruises to the Caribbean and Alaska, where many fun and memorable times were enjoyed.
Jeanice’s family would like to extend a special thank you to the medical providers of Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas from the Emergency Department and ICU. Your knowledge and compassion eased this most difficult time. To the medical and nursing staff of Season’s Hospice at Presbyterian, thank you for your kindness and excellent care during the last steps of Jeanice’s journey.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson, TX on Saturday January 21,2017 at 10 AM with a reception to follow. Private graveside burial will be held at Restland Memorial Park. Jeanice’s favorite color was red, and if you would like to wear red to her service, be assured that would make her smile.
In lieu of flowers, Jeanice would be very proud if you made a donation to the American Cancer Society or the Texas Health Resources Foundation in her name, or certainly to a charity of your choice.
There are so many stories and remembrances of Jeanice, and her family does not know them all, but would like to! If you would like to share a special story or way she touched your life, please send an email to: [email protected]
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we love for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:7
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